US tabled building for nearly 20yrs, incentivizing building at for median income buyers is the only short term solution for inventory, and I dont hear alot about that in my market. 

The areas I am talking about have median incomes of 100,000 when the national average is about 54,000.

I am the only earner in my household and the W2 only pays around 60k.

Must be a first time home buyer (except veterans), have a 640+ credit score and make under 150% of the median area income. 2. 

Single-family homes have a median price tag of $409,243 (up a bit from last year), and condos/townhouses are at $324,990 (also up from last year).🏘️ More Listings Coming Up:New listings are on the rise!

And inflation adjusted household income has actually been flat or decreased since 2000 based on what I read (I couldn't find anything going back to 1990).  

See what your average and median prices are between the two and go from there!

Now of course large parcels will skew that median but you can get a good idea...

pid=1999Houston Real Estate Highlights in October, 2023:-Single-family home sales fell 3.4 percent year-over-year, the smallest one-month sales drop of 2023 and the 19th consecutive month of declines;-Compared to October 2019, before the pandemic, sales were down 11.3 percent, and compared to October 2018, five years back, they were down 4.6 percent;-Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes rose from 43 to 47 days;-Total property sales fell 4.3 percent with 7,825 units sold;-Total dollar volume dropped 2.6 percent to $2.98 billion;-The single-family median price fell a fractional 0.9 percent to $327,000;-The single-family average price rose a fractional 0.4 percent to $403,556; -Single-family home months of inventory registered a 3.6-months supply, up from 2.8 months a year earlier – the highest level since November 2019 when it also was 3.6 months;-Townhome/condominium sales experienced their 17th straight monthly decline, falling 16.4 percent, with the median price up 6.6 percent to $239,900 and the average price up 1.2 percent to $272,597;-Compared to pre-pandemic 2019, townhome and condominium sales were down 10.5 percent.

Everything else the owners pays for: utilities, replacements for furniture and household items, landscaping.